Colossal Crossword
ACROSS 1 Two-seater with a folding roof? (11) 7 Security vehicle covered in protective plating (8, 3)
12 — flush, top poker hand (5)
13 Day, month and year (4)
15 Golf putting area (5) 16 Criminal (5)
17 Time of prosperity (4) 19 Inquired (5)
20 Suit maker (6) 21 Seaside grit (4) 23 Sharp-bladed (4) 25 Make up (6)
28 Lawn game (7) 29 Biggest (7)
32 Name of a book (5) 33 Bitterly pungent (5) 34 Surrounded by (7) 37 Forecast (7)
39 Note down for a specific use (7) 41 End-to-end measurement (6)
42 Kink, twist (4)
44Steady, smooth (4) 46 Go on a journey (6) 49 Attacking footballer (7)
50 Cat’s mother! (3)
51 This instant (3) 53 Heartache (7)
55 Release from knots (5) 56 Dolt (5)
57 Coiling shoot of a plant (7)
58 Front of a sock (3) 60 Swamp (3)
61 Put through school (7)
62 Eric Clapton’s instrument (6)
64 Chew hard (4) 66 Masticate (4)
67 Riverside sportsman (6) 70 Guacamole ingredient (7) 71 Transient (7) 73 Ladies’ bedtime garment (7) 75 Woollen wrap (5) 77 Go by bike (5) 79 Waterfall (7) 81 Maybe (7)
84Cane plant (6)
85 Top up (4)
87 Idle (4)
89 In —, as one (6) 91 Slender piece of wood (5) 92 — Frank, WWII diarist (4) 93 Lukewarm (5) 95 Flower arranger’s foam (5)
97 Resonant tolling of bells (4)
98 Awake and out of bed (5)
99 Heavy vehicle used in road construction (5, 6) 100 Truck for goods distribution (11) DOWN 1 Trainee officer (5) 2 View, consider (6) 3 Glacial substance (3) 4 Bed sheets (5)
5 Give one’s approval (7) 6 Menacing or vindictive — like a threatening glare (7) 8 Long-range firearm (5)
9 Lubricant (3)
10 Badly rotten (6)
11 Send (payment) (5) 14 Desire for a drink (6) 18 Either of the first two batsmen in a side (6) 21 Alluring mermaid? (5) 22 Was unsure about (7) 23 Japanese sing-along entertainment (7) 24 Relating to the nose (5) 26 Motionless (5) 27 Minimum (5)
30 Bread producer (5) 31 Noble principle (5) 35 Stopping mechanism (5)
36 Perry —, TV lawyer (5) 38 Essential, inherent (9) 40 Ready for use if needed (9)
43 Magazine number (7) 45 Total — of the Heart, classic Bonnie Tyler track (7)
47 Fully mature (5)
48Irrigate (5)
49 Be just the right size (3)
50 Firmly agreed (3) 52 Hairpiece (3)
54 Weeding tool (3) 59 Diplomatic messenger (5)
60 Wide (5)
62 Shiny durable paint (5) 63 Crisp fruit (5)
65 Pied —, garden bird with a bobbing walk (7)
66 Keep in check (7) 68 Female relation (5) 69 Allude (to) (5) 72 Personnel (5) 74 Cheerful (5) 76 Business intellect (6)
78 Pure in character (6) 80Self-obsessed
type (7)
81 Clairvoyant (7) 82 Notepad (6)
83 Chase after (6)
84Orchestra section including the trombone and cornet (5) 86 Gatekeeper’s house (5)
88Love deeply (5) 90 Synthetic fibre used in stockings (5) 94 Friend (3)
96 Winter sports implement (3)